Estoril - WAG of Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa, appear fantastic to end the domination of the Yamaha rider, Jorge Lorenzo, on the Estoril circuit, Portugal. In a thrilling race for 28 laps on Sunday (1/5/11), Pedrosa beat Lorenzo, to become champion, as well as grabbed victory in the MotoGP ot this 2011 season premiere.
Behind the Spanish duo was teammate Pedrosa, Casey Stoner, who closed to within 7.658 seconds. Meanwhile, Valentino Rossi had to accept bitter towards the finish, because prior to crossing the line (the finish), crucified by the other Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, who continue to stick it during the race.
Bad outcome must be accepted Gresini's Honda rider, Marco Simoncelli, who failed to finish the race. Start from the position of the two and become one of the favorites to win, this spiky-haired rider just had an accident on the first lap in fifth bend, so vanished his ambition to win.
With the results of this third series, then Lorenzo stay on top of the standings with 65 points total, the results of one win and two runner-ups, followed by Pedrosa by 61 points. Stoner occupied the top three, which is the winner of the series premiered in Qatar, with a collection of 41 points.
The condition of race
When the red light signal of race starts, Lorenzo immediately skyrocketed. This world champion, who occupy pole at Estoril at the same time establishing their dominance by winning four poles in the last four seasons, followed by Repsol Honda duo Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. Rossi did a great start, because he immediately leapt to fourth after starting ninth drai.
But bad luck struck Simoncelli, because he fell before the fight took place tight. Being in the top three and is trying move faster his motorbike, this spiky-haired rider bounce off and fall on the fifth corner, now he will turn to the left, so he failed to continue the race. Apparently, the Estoril circuit into an arena that brings bad luck for the Italian rider, because since free practice, qualifying, and race, he always had an accident.
Entering the fourth lap, has begun a gap between the two leading rider, that Lorenzo-Pedrosa, with Rossi-Stoner and Dovizioso. Lorenzo and Pedrosa, who are competing gaining pole position, winning more than two seconds over Stoner, who "not disturbed" in the top three. While Rossi is more than four seconds a drift of pole position.
Seventh lap, Lorenzo and Pedrosa getting away from the pursuit of his opponents. Spanish duo seems to fight alone to be the best because they only differ less than 0.1 seconds. While Stoner, who is behind them, left more than two seconds. While the fight in the third group of four positions, there was tight battle between Rossi, Dovizioso and Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards.
Entering the 12th lap, Rossi was getting farther behind than three competitors in front of him. "The Doctor" for more than eight seconds adrift with Lorenzo, who continued to receive strong pressure from Pedrosa, who until lap this makes three times the fastest lap. Overall, there was no change in composition because all the riders who are still appearing, can maintain its position.
It's just that, competition becomes increasingly monotonous because it only involves Lorenzo and Pedrosa. Even during the race six laps remaining, they increasingly far left Stoner adrift for more than five seconds, let alone with Rossi, who increasingly left with a gap of more than 13 seconds.
Pedrosa hard struggle to pursue a fruitful Lorenzo on lap 24. After the maximum move faster motorbike on the straight track and hard braking, he is managed to take from the inside when cornering to the right, so it can take over the course of the race. One lap later, Pedrosa, the total conducted six fastest laps, getting away with more than 0.4 second difference on Lorenzo, who in the past three seasons always dominated the Grand Prix of Portugal (both qualifying and race).
This success also shows that the interference experienced by Pedrosa's shoulder is recovering. In fact, he was in the process of post-operative healing early April, to remove the metal plate in his collarbone, which is suspected to be causing him numb during the race (in Qatar and Jerez).
Results must be experienced to be bitter for Rossi, who again have to finish in fifth position. It is in a good position to improve the outcome along with Ducati this season, he actually "slip" when it will touch the finish line due to cross Dovizioso. As a result, Rossi returned to repeat the result at the Spanish Grand Prix early April when the finish in the top five, and seven times MotoGP world champion would have to wait longer to realize the dream on the podium.
After the Portuguese Grand Prix, the driver again prepares for the French GP at Le Mans Circuit, on May 15. Last season, Lorenzo became champion in this circuit, followed by Rossi and Dovizioso.
- The Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday (1/5/11)
1. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team ESP 45m 51.483s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP Factory Racing 45m 54.534s
3. Casey Stoner AUS Honda Team Repsol 45m 59.141s
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 46m 8.013s
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 46m 8.038s
6. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha Monster 46m 24.058s
7. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 46m 30.232s
8. Cal Crutchlow GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Monster 46m 32.395s
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 46m 46.370s
10. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 46m 51.180s
11. Toni Elias Honda ESP LCR MotoGP 46m 51.857s
12. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 46m 53.276s
13. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 47m 15.853s
DNF:
Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing
Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar Team
Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini
- temporary Standings
1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 65
2. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 61
3. Casey Stoner, Repsol Honda Team 41
4. Valentino Rossi Ducati Marlboro Team 31
5. Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 30
= Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 30
7. Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini 28
8. Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 21
9. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Monster 18
10. Hector Barbera Mapfre Aspar Team 14
11. Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 12
= Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP 12
13. Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 11
14. Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 10
15. Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team 9
16. John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 6
17. Randy de Puniet = Pramac Racing Team 6
18. Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 3
